Word: higginson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Stadium was made possible by two gifts--the first by Major Henry Lee Higginson and the second by the Class...
...Higginson--sponsor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Memorial Hall--gave to his alma mater the broad swamps across the Charles that are new occupied by the Business School and the athletic plant, Soldiers' Field...
...letter written to the Corporation on June 5, 1890, Higginson said: "My hope is that the ground will be used for the present as a playground for the students...
...speech delivered upon the College's acceptance of his gift, Higginson told how the poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, used to delight in looking from his window at the beautiful marshes across the River, covered with wooded hills and streams...
...Higginson said in his speech: "And just here let me, a layman, say a word to you experts in athletic sports. You come to college to learn things of great value beside your games, which after all are secondary to your studies...